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691 | I am a product/project manager for a product we've created. We have customers using the product, which we are continually updating as it is Web based.
What are some tools and techniques for managing communications with clients regarding product updates? | 2011/02/27 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/691",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/34/"
] | I would suggest **to avoid** any promotional one-way communications in this particular case (and in almost every other case). Try to make the product speak for itself without a product manager behind every message. One of the methods is "[promotion through education](http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch13_Promote_Throug... | If, as I understand from your question, you are only targeting your **existing** userbase, I would advise to use only a single way to communicate your updates. In my experience, **e-mail** with a sober and consistent format works best. Keep it brief, with only the highlights of the update, with an additional link if th... |
169,731 | We have three servers running Ubuntu Server 10.04, load balancing between them through DNS. We use Django, nginx to serve content and PostgresQL as database.
For PostgresQL, there are some mirroring solutions, but what is the best way to mirror our static files, using "three masters" schema?
I guess just rsyncing th... | 2010/08/12 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/169731",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/50981/"
] | As long as the files don't change often and must be kept synced at all times, why not rsync? Just make sure you have one master server where you edit the files, that makes syncing easier.
Other than that, a networked file system like NFS might work, or you implement something like [DRBD](http://www.drbd.org/) to keep... | There are lots of other solutions (afs, unionfs...), but rsync works surprisingly well for one way replication and is self-healing - and is scalable along as you have defined paths for replication (a single master is fine for up to around 5 slaves, but beyond that there's probably good reason to go to multiple tier rep... |
169,731 | We have three servers running Ubuntu Server 10.04, load balancing between them through DNS. We use Django, nginx to serve content and PostgresQL as database.
For PostgresQL, there are some mirroring solutions, but what is the best way to mirror our static files, using "three masters" schema?
I guess just rsyncing th... | 2010/08/12 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/169731",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/50981/"
] | As long as the files don't change often and must be kept synced at all times, why not rsync? Just make sure you have one master server where you edit the files, that makes syncing easier.
Other than that, a networked file system like NFS might work, or you implement something like [DRBD](http://www.drbd.org/) to keep... | When code is deployed to production, it should be deployed to all the servers at once. If this action is properly controlled, it should be mirrored as part of your controls and a technology solution will be unnecessary. Not all administrative solutions are based in technology.
[OpenEFS](http://openefs.org/) is a tool ... |
169,731 | We have three servers running Ubuntu Server 10.04, load balancing between them through DNS. We use Django, nginx to serve content and PostgresQL as database.
For PostgresQL, there are some mirroring solutions, but what is the best way to mirror our static files, using "three masters" schema?
I guess just rsyncing th... | 2010/08/12 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/169731",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/50981/"
] | There are lots of other solutions (afs, unionfs...), but rsync works surprisingly well for one way replication and is self-healing - and is scalable along as you have defined paths for replication (a single master is fine for up to around 5 slaves, but beyond that there's probably good reason to go to multiple tier rep... | When code is deployed to production, it should be deployed to all the servers at once. If this action is properly controlled, it should be mirrored as part of your controls and a technology solution will be unnecessary. Not all administrative solutions are based in technology.
[OpenEFS](http://openefs.org/) is a tool ... |
181,166 | I'm learning English as a foreign language and I'm trying to improve my handwriting style. My native language (Persian) is not written through Latin alphabets and I'm not familiar with shaping the letters.
When I searched for handwriting styles I only came across complicated cursive calligraphy. I like cursive writing... | 2018/09/30 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/181166",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/5401/"
] | I'm a native speaker, but I still remember learning how to write.
From the very beginning, I was taught how to print (i.e. non cursive writing). Cursive, on the other hand, was very briefly taught in fourth grade (when everyone was 9 or 10 years old). My school didn't require us to write in cursive except when we were... | Your two basic choices are **block letter** and **cursive**, but a requirement for students' handwriting is that it be **legible**.
So, you should use whichever is easier for the teacher to read. |
181,166 | I'm learning English as a foreign language and I'm trying to improve my handwriting style. My native language (Persian) is not written through Latin alphabets and I'm not familiar with shaping the letters.
When I searched for handwriting styles I only came across complicated cursive calligraphy. I like cursive writing... | 2018/09/30 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/181166",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/5401/"
] | I'm a native speaker, but I still remember learning how to write.
From the very beginning, I was taught how to print (i.e. non cursive writing). Cursive, on the other hand, was very briefly taught in fourth grade (when everyone was 9 or 10 years old). My school didn't require us to write in cursive except when we were... | Like others I remember learning to write, and being told that it was "wrong" to write the letter 'o' clockwise (the reason is that you use the same motion for 'o', 'c', 'a' and other letters, so you write them all anticlockwise.) However I was taught "joined up" from the start.
Most schools in England will teach child... |
94,320 | Hi is there a way to Sign in in Data Loader when is Single Sign On activated in my organization? If so what would be the steps? | 2015/09/30 | [
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/94320",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/users/5387/"
] | The answer saying it does not work is now outdated.
You can use single sign-on with Data Loader since version 36 if you have a custom domain (*xyz*.my.saleforce.com).
On the log in screen, choose OAuth, select the environment, press the Log in button, then click on the "Use custom domain" link, enter your custom do... | Short answer is no, especially using out-of-the-box (OOTB) dataloader functionality.
Here's a previous answer from @sfdcfox, which delves into more detail...
NOTE: All of these answers depend on the OOTB functionality. It is possible to adapt the Data Loader to perform all of these actions by using Java and importing... |
16,552,506 | I'm having an issue with Unique Events and Total events. I don't really understand why unique events are greater than total events (image attached: <https://analytics-a-googleproductforums-com.googlegroups.com/attach/584c3c65bd24cfec/Screenshot%20at%202013-05-14%2017:00:40.png?gda=9qkpgUYAAADqfLbDOUx1KZ9vP-6pB8mH0QevsN... | 2013/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16552506",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1815212/"
] | Found the thing: you will see that "Unique Events" are great than "Total Events" when you look at an event category or action, put "Event Label" as a secondary dimension and the event has been triggered some times with no label input. Google Analytics hasn't the option "(not set)" for this particular dimension, so it j... | I think Google Analytics is simply buggy.
They have to work on event reporting a bit more.
We are tracking events and e-commerce data to our own database, and we realised that both Google Analitics and Universal Analitics misses some events and e-commerce data.
We are trying to find the reason for this, but no l... |
16,552,506 | I'm having an issue with Unique Events and Total events. I don't really understand why unique events are greater than total events (image attached: <https://analytics-a-googleproductforums-com.googlegroups.com/attach/584c3c65bd24cfec/Screenshot%20at%202013-05-14%2017:00:40.png?gda=9qkpgUYAAADqfLbDOUx1KZ9vP-6pB8mH0QevsN... | 2013/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16552506",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1815212/"
] | I think Google Analytics is simply buggy.
They have to work on event reporting a bit more.
We are tracking events and e-commerce data to our own database, and we realised that both Google Analitics and Universal Analitics misses some events and e-commerce data.
We are trying to find the reason for this, but no l... | Google has deprecated (renamed) *Unique Events* metric as it was seriously confusing. We are expecting to see a number of times event with unique combination of category / action and label happened per other dimensions in report. Instead GA calculated a unique combination of every dimension in the report!
Now, this met... |
16,552,506 | I'm having an issue with Unique Events and Total events. I don't really understand why unique events are greater than total events (image attached: <https://analytics-a-googleproductforums-com.googlegroups.com/attach/584c3c65bd24cfec/Screenshot%20at%202013-05-14%2017:00:40.png?gda=9qkpgUYAAADqfLbDOUx1KZ9vP-6pB8mH0QevsN... | 2013/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16552506",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1815212/"
] | **Unique events are calculated by session, while total events are determined by the main dimension.**
In the example report below, I wanted to look at how many events occurred on each page. The dimension drilldown is **Page**, with **Total Events** and **Unique Events** as metrics.
Users can visit a page, but not sen... | Total Events are calculated as the total number of interactions with a tracked web page object. On the other hand, where a single user session (or visit) has one or more events, this is calculated as a single Visit w/Event, or Unique Event in the reports. For example, if one user clicks the same button on a video 5 tim... |
16,552,506 | I'm having an issue with Unique Events and Total events. I don't really understand why unique events are greater than total events (image attached: <https://analytics-a-googleproductforums-com.googlegroups.com/attach/584c3c65bd24cfec/Screenshot%20at%202013-05-14%2017:00:40.png?gda=9qkpgUYAAADqfLbDOUx1KZ9vP-6pB8mH0QevsN... | 2013/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16552506",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1815212/"
] | Found the thing: you will see that "Unique Events" are great than "Total Events" when you look at an event category or action, put "Event Label" as a secondary dimension and the event has been triggered some times with no label input. Google Analytics hasn't the option "(not set)" for this particular dimension, so it j... | Google has deprecated (renamed) *Unique Events* metric as it was seriously confusing. We are expecting to see a number of times event with unique combination of category / action and label happened per other dimensions in report. Instead GA calculated a unique combination of every dimension in the report!
Now, this met... |
16,552,506 | I'm having an issue with Unique Events and Total events. I don't really understand why unique events are greater than total events (image attached: <https://analytics-a-googleproductforums-com.googlegroups.com/attach/584c3c65bd24cfec/Screenshot%20at%202013-05-14%2017:00:40.png?gda=9qkpgUYAAADqfLbDOUx1KZ9vP-6pB8mH0QevsN... | 2013/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16552506",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1815212/"
] | I think Google Analytics is simply buggy.
They have to work on event reporting a bit more.
We are tracking events and e-commerce data to our own database, and we realised that both Google Analitics and Universal Analitics misses some events and e-commerce data.
We are trying to find the reason for this, but no l... | If you have a segment applied it's probably sampling. You can confirm or deny sampling is the cause by seeing if there is a yellow background note above the graph but below the date selection on the report page. There is also a grid of filled in and not filled in circles next to the new scholar cap (also below the date... |
16,552,506 | I'm having an issue with Unique Events and Total events. I don't really understand why unique events are greater than total events (image attached: <https://analytics-a-googleproductforums-com.googlegroups.com/attach/584c3c65bd24cfec/Screenshot%20at%202013-05-14%2017:00:40.png?gda=9qkpgUYAAADqfLbDOUx1KZ9vP-6pB8mH0QevsN... | 2013/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16552506",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1815212/"
] | I am seeing this same issue in my the first view of my Custom Report as well. I don't know WHY it is showing more, but there seems to be a more accurate Custom Report drilldown for you to use. In my reports, one page shows in my Page drilldown with 30 total events but 62 Unique Events. However, when I click into the ne... | Total Events are calculated as the total number of interactions with a tracked web page object. On the other hand, where a single user session (or visit) has one or more events, this is calculated as a single Visit w/Event, or Unique Event in the reports. For example, if one user clicks the same button on a video 5 tim... |
16,552,506 | I'm having an issue with Unique Events and Total events. I don't really understand why unique events are greater than total events (image attached: <https://analytics-a-googleproductforums-com.googlegroups.com/attach/584c3c65bd24cfec/Screenshot%20at%202013-05-14%2017:00:40.png?gda=9qkpgUYAAADqfLbDOUx1KZ9vP-6pB8mH0QevsN... | 2013/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16552506",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1815212/"
] | If you have a segment applied it's probably sampling. You can confirm or deny sampling is the cause by seeing if there is a yellow background note above the graph but below the date selection on the report page. There is also a grid of filled in and not filled in circles next to the new scholar cap (also below the date... | Total Events are calculated as the total number of interactions with a tracked web page object. On the other hand, where a single user session (or visit) has one or more events, this is calculated as a single Visit w/Event, or Unique Event in the reports. For example, if one user clicks the same button on a video 5 tim... |
16,552,506 | I'm having an issue with Unique Events and Total events. I don't really understand why unique events are greater than total events (image attached: <https://analytics-a-googleproductforums-com.googlegroups.com/attach/584c3c65bd24cfec/Screenshot%20at%202013-05-14%2017:00:40.png?gda=9qkpgUYAAADqfLbDOUx1KZ9vP-6pB8mH0QevsN... | 2013/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16552506",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1815212/"
] | Found the thing: you will see that "Unique Events" are great than "Total Events" when you look at an event category or action, put "Event Label" as a secondary dimension and the event has been triggered some times with no label input. Google Analytics hasn't the option "(not set)" for this particular dimension, so it j... | **Unique events are calculated by session, while total events are determined by the main dimension.**
In the example report below, I wanted to look at how many events occurred on each page. The dimension drilldown is **Page**, with **Total Events** and **Unique Events** as metrics.
Users can visit a page, but not sen... |
16,552,506 | I'm having an issue with Unique Events and Total events. I don't really understand why unique events are greater than total events (image attached: <https://analytics-a-googleproductforums-com.googlegroups.com/attach/584c3c65bd24cfec/Screenshot%20at%202013-05-14%2017:00:40.png?gda=9qkpgUYAAADqfLbDOUx1KZ9vP-6pB8mH0QevsN... | 2013/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16552506",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1815212/"
] | I am seeing this same issue in my the first view of my Custom Report as well. I don't know WHY it is showing more, but there seems to be a more accurate Custom Report drilldown for you to use. In my reports, one page shows in my Page drilldown with 30 total events but 62 Unique Events. However, when I click into the ne... | **Unique events are calculated by session, while total events are determined by the main dimension.**
In the example report below, I wanted to look at how many events occurred on each page. The dimension drilldown is **Page**, with **Total Events** and **Unique Events** as metrics.
Users can visit a page, but not sen... |
16,552,506 | I'm having an issue with Unique Events and Total events. I don't really understand why unique events are greater than total events (image attached: <https://analytics-a-googleproductforums-com.googlegroups.com/attach/584c3c65bd24cfec/Screenshot%20at%202013-05-14%2017:00:40.png?gda=9qkpgUYAAADqfLbDOUx1KZ9vP-6pB8mH0QevsN... | 2013/05/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16552506",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1815212/"
] | I think Google Analytics is simply buggy.
They have to work on event reporting a bit more.
We are tracking events and e-commerce data to our own database, and we realised that both Google Analitics and Universal Analitics misses some events and e-commerce data.
We are trying to find the reason for this, but no l... | Total Events are calculated as the total number of interactions with a tracked web page object. On the other hand, where a single user session (or visit) has one or more events, this is calculated as a single Visit w/Event, or Unique Event in the reports. For example, if one user clicks the same button on a video 5 tim... |
138,832 | I want to install Octave on my Ubuntu LTS with `apt-get`. The problem is that the official repositories list only Octave 3.0 and Octave 3.2, whereas the latest Octave is Octave 3.6.
How do I update the repositories of apt-get to get Octave 3.6? | 2012/05/18 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/138832",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/14002/"
] | Just as an update: [this PPA](https://launchpad.net/~mtmiller/+archive/octave) (maintained by a member of the Debian Octave Group) provides the latest Octave for a range of Ubuntu versions. | Latest ppa is ppa:octave/stable.
<https://launchpad.net/~octave/+archive/ubuntu/stable>
This ppa is maitained by the "GNU Octave" team and has version 3.8.1 available for lucid and precise. |
10,052 | You might not be aware — because it is currently empty and you don't see an edit button — there's a space on [the main help page](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/help) which is editable for diamond moderators. It's the space between the search box and the list of articles. It seems to support full CommonMark, so formatti... | 2020/07/06 | [
"https://rpg.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10052",
"https://rpg.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.meta.stackexchange.com/users/52137/"
] | We should add links to important meta Q&As, either existing ones or new ones that we create specifically for the purpose of educating new users
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This is partly inspired by what... | ### Things I think we should cover
* That you need to explicitly mention the game you are playing if you are asking about that game’s rules, setting, lore, and really anything at all that isn’t a purely social question. Mentioning the importance of tags here is a good idea.
* The process for working with questions, e.... |
10,052 | You might not be aware — because it is currently empty and you don't see an edit button — there's a space on [the main help page](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/help) which is editable for diamond moderators. It's the space between the search box and the list of articles. It seems to support full CommonMark, so formatti... | 2020/07/06 | [
"https://rpg.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10052",
"https://rpg.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.meta.stackexchange.com/users/52137/"
] | We should add links to important meta Q&As, either existing ones or new ones that we create specifically for the purpose of educating new users
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This is partly inspired by what... | A quick reference for What is Meta?
-----------------------------------
So, our [most upvoted and accepted answer](https://rpg.meta.stackexchange.com/a/10081/43856) tells us that we should link to meta. But for people not familiar with SE, they may not even understand what the meta is.
The existence of this sub-site ... |
8,572,438 | I will be loading article titles into strings, and the authors of these titles may or may not use both single and double quotes. To use this imported text in a variable, how can I prevent this from breaking the code as I will not be able to escape the characters myself? | 2011/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8572438",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/285147/"
] | Escaping the quotes only matters if you're putting it into a string literal (or a database, of course). Simply having the string does not require them to be escaped. | You could use htmlentities().
See full documentation [here](http://php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php) |
8,572,438 | I will be loading article titles into strings, and the authors of these titles may or may not use both single and double quotes. To use this imported text in a variable, how can I prevent this from breaking the code as I will not be able to escape the characters myself? | 2011/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8572438",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/285147/"
] | Escaping the quotes only matters if you're putting it into a string literal (or a database, of course). Simply having the string does not require them to be escaped. | You can safely use any quotes in your variables - there's no limit in this regard.
You should, however, consider escaping the characters depending on the context you are going to use these variables at. For example, if you wish to display some data on a terminal - no escaping is required, while if showing the very sam... |
8,572,438 | I will be loading article titles into strings, and the authors of these titles may or may not use both single and double quotes. To use this imported text in a variable, how can I prevent this from breaking the code as I will not be able to escape the characters myself? | 2011/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8572438",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/285147/"
] | Escaping the quotes only matters if you're putting it into a string literal (or a database, of course). Simply having the string does not require them to be escaped. | You can use predefined string function addslashes(). Please refer this link for more info <http://php.net/addslashes> |
8,572,438 | I will be loading article titles into strings, and the authors of these titles may or may not use both single and double quotes. To use this imported text in a variable, how can I prevent this from breaking the code as I will not be able to escape the characters myself? | 2011/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8572438",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/285147/"
] | You can safely use any quotes in your variables - there's no limit in this regard.
You should, however, consider escaping the characters depending on the context you are going to use these variables at. For example, if you wish to display some data on a terminal - no escaping is required, while if showing the very sam... | You could use htmlentities().
See full documentation [here](http://php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php) |
8,572,438 | I will be loading article titles into strings, and the authors of these titles may or may not use both single and double quotes. To use this imported text in a variable, how can I prevent this from breaking the code as I will not be able to escape the characters myself? | 2011/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8572438",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/285147/"
] | You can safely use any quotes in your variables - there's no limit in this regard.
You should, however, consider escaping the characters depending on the context you are going to use these variables at. For example, if you wish to display some data on a terminal - no escaping is required, while if showing the very sam... | You can use predefined string function addslashes(). Please refer this link for more info <http://php.net/addslashes> |
817,986 | Is anybody experiencing extreme slowness when using Visual Studio 2008? I have a fairly beefy machine so I don't think hardware is the issue, and I didn't have these issues with 2005. Basically everything that I do is slow, from opening a new project, to opening code, to saving files. All of my Windows Updates are up, ... | 2009/05/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/817986",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/86191/"
] | Disk speed can cause this problem and also add-ins like resharper | Not everyone has the problem you're seeing. Try to disable add-ins, as has been suggested, then also monitor your computer to get an idea of what's going on. Is there extra disk I/O? A lot of page faults? What? |
817,986 | Is anybody experiencing extreme slowness when using Visual Studio 2008? I have a fairly beefy machine so I don't think hardware is the issue, and I didn't have these issues with 2005. Basically everything that I do is slow, from opening a new project, to opening code, to saving files. All of my Windows Updates are up, ... | 2009/05/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/817986",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/86191/"
] | This seemed to fix my immediate issue (copied and pasted from the link provided by Gulzar):
As an update, I found an even better fix so you dont' have to lose any functionality in VS 2008. This also drastically improved performance (response time) for me in SQL server management Studio.
In Internet Explorer 7...
Too... | Empty your recycle bin. Turn off 'wrap text' in the output window. |
817,986 | Is anybody experiencing extreme slowness when using Visual Studio 2008? I have a fairly beefy machine so I don't think hardware is the issue, and I didn't have these issues with 2005. Basically everything that I do is slow, from opening a new project, to opening code, to saving files. All of my Windows Updates are up, ... | 2009/05/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/817986",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/86191/"
] | Try loading Visual Studio in safe mode to load the default environment with [/safemode](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xee0c8y7(VS.80).aspx) switch.
You might also want to try some of the answers here:
[Visual Studio 2008 PAINFULLY SLOW!!](http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/bc778e26... | Not everyone has the problem you're seeing. Try to disable add-ins, as has been suggested, then also monitor your computer to get an idea of what's going on. Is there extra disk I/O? A lot of page faults? What? |
817,986 | Is anybody experiencing extreme slowness when using Visual Studio 2008? I have a fairly beefy machine so I don't think hardware is the issue, and I didn't have these issues with 2005. Basically everything that I do is slow, from opening a new project, to opening code, to saving files. All of my Windows Updates are up, ... | 2009/05/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/817986",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/86191/"
] | **Yes it is slow.**
I have a very fast Intel E8500 machine (2x3.16ghz) with 4gigs of RAM and Visual Studio 2008 IS SLOW.
Opening a dialog is slow, creating a new project is slow, you have to wait a few seconds after the dialogs.
NOT everytime though, because once you load these dialogs in memory, they are faster the... | Empty your recycle bin. Turn off 'wrap text' in the output window. |
817,986 | Is anybody experiencing extreme slowness when using Visual Studio 2008? I have a fairly beefy machine so I don't think hardware is the issue, and I didn't have these issues with 2005. Basically everything that I do is slow, from opening a new project, to opening code, to saving files. All of my Windows Updates are up, ... | 2009/05/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/817986",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/86191/"
] | Disk speed can cause this problem and also add-ins like resharper | Empty your recycle bin. Turn off 'wrap text' in the output window. |
817,986 | Is anybody experiencing extreme slowness when using Visual Studio 2008? I have a fairly beefy machine so I don't think hardware is the issue, and I didn't have these issues with 2005. Basically everything that I do is slow, from opening a new project, to opening code, to saving files. All of my Windows Updates are up, ... | 2009/05/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/817986",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/86191/"
] | Try loading Visual Studio in safe mode to load the default environment with [/safemode](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xee0c8y7(VS.80).aspx) switch.
You might also want to try some of the answers here:
[Visual Studio 2008 PAINFULLY SLOW!!](http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/bc778e26... | This seemed to fix my immediate issue (copied and pasted from the link provided by Gulzar):
As an update, I found an even better fix so you dont' have to lose any functionality in VS 2008. This also drastically improved performance (response time) for me in SQL server management Studio.
In Internet Explorer 7...
Too... |
817,986 | Is anybody experiencing extreme slowness when using Visual Studio 2008? I have a fairly beefy machine so I don't think hardware is the issue, and I didn't have these issues with 2005. Basically everything that I do is slow, from opening a new project, to opening code, to saving files. All of my Windows Updates are up, ... | 2009/05/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/817986",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/86191/"
] | Try loading Visual Studio in safe mode to load the default environment with [/safemode](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xee0c8y7(VS.80).aspx) switch.
You might also want to try some of the answers here:
[Visual Studio 2008 PAINFULLY SLOW!!](http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/bc778e26... | Disk speed can cause this problem and also add-ins like resharper |
817,986 | Is anybody experiencing extreme slowness when using Visual Studio 2008? I have a fairly beefy machine so I don't think hardware is the issue, and I didn't have these issues with 2005. Basically everything that I do is slow, from opening a new project, to opening code, to saving files. All of my Windows Updates are up, ... | 2009/05/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/817986",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/86191/"
] | Try loading Visual Studio in safe mode to load the default environment with [/safemode](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xee0c8y7(VS.80).aspx) switch.
You might also want to try some of the answers here:
[Visual Studio 2008 PAINFULLY SLOW!!](http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/bc778e26... | **Yes it is slow.**
I have a very fast Intel E8500 machine (2x3.16ghz) with 4gigs of RAM and Visual Studio 2008 IS SLOW.
Opening a dialog is slow, creating a new project is slow, you have to wait a few seconds after the dialogs.
NOT everytime though, because once you load these dialogs in memory, they are faster the... |
817,986 | Is anybody experiencing extreme slowness when using Visual Studio 2008? I have a fairly beefy machine so I don't think hardware is the issue, and I didn't have these issues with 2005. Basically everything that I do is slow, from opening a new project, to opening code, to saving files. All of my Windows Updates are up, ... | 2009/05/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/817986",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/86191/"
] | Try loading Visual Studio in safe mode to load the default environment with [/safemode](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xee0c8y7(VS.80).aspx) switch.
You might also want to try some of the answers here:
[Visual Studio 2008 PAINFULLY SLOW!!](http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/bc778e26... | Empty your recycle bin. Turn off 'wrap text' in the output window. |
817,986 | Is anybody experiencing extreme slowness when using Visual Studio 2008? I have a fairly beefy machine so I don't think hardware is the issue, and I didn't have these issues with 2005. Basically everything that I do is slow, from opening a new project, to opening code, to saving files. All of my Windows Updates are up, ... | 2009/05/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/817986",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/86191/"
] | **Yes it is slow.**
I have a very fast Intel E8500 machine (2x3.16ghz) with 4gigs of RAM and Visual Studio 2008 IS SLOW.
Opening a dialog is slow, creating a new project is slow, you have to wait a few seconds after the dialogs.
NOT everytime though, because once you load these dialogs in memory, they are faster the... | Not everyone has the problem you're seeing. Try to disable add-ins, as has been suggested, then also monitor your computer to get an idea of what's going on. Is there extra disk I/O? A lot of page faults? What? |
264,968 | I want to use iCloud Drive to sync the Documents folder. When I run out of disk space macOS will free up space by removing old content on my SDD.
My question is, will that also remove Spotlight's knowledge (that is the meta data) of these files? | 2016/12/15 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/264968",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/213475/"
] | Yes Spotlight is indexing iCloud Drive. It could take a while before your iCloud Drive is indexed.
Spotlight even shows if the file you are looking for is located in iCloud Drive.
To test if the metadata is still working after the file is purged I did:
* Added test333 in the file comments
* Moved it to iCloud Drive
... | No metadata index is only searchable when iCloud documents are purged or not stored locally. A file only gets indexed when it’s written through the local filesystem and the metadata index gets updated.
Spotlight only indexes a local drive in my testing of 10.12.2 so I would expect you to lose the spotlight search dat... |
171,345 | Could I say:
* a thousand ten (1010),
* a thousand a hundred eleven(1111)
or in these cases I must use **one thousand** instead of **a thousand**? Would using "a" be grammatically incorrect? | 2018/07/05 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/171345",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/77686/"
] | Br Eng would be
>
> One thousand and ten
>
> One thousand, one hundred and eleven
>
>
>
US Eng seems to miss out the 'and' a lot of the time, but I've never figured the exact pattern, or if it's dialectical, but I've heard such as
>
> One thousand ten
>
> One thousand, one hundred eleven
>
>
>
but ... | "a thousand a hundred and ten" is *grammatical* but not *idiomatic* in written English. A native speaker would be likely to spend a moment confused, but would understand what you meant.
It is, however, idiomatic in some *spoken* dialects.
If you're going to use "a", use it *consistently*. Don't use "one" for some par... |
171,345 | Could I say:
* a thousand ten (1010),
* a thousand a hundred eleven(1111)
or in these cases I must use **one thousand** instead of **a thousand**? Would using "a" be grammatically incorrect? | 2018/07/05 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/171345",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/77686/"
] | Br Eng would be
>
> One thousand and ten
>
> One thousand, one hundred and eleven
>
>
>
US Eng seems to miss out the 'and' a lot of the time, but I've never figured the exact pattern, or if it's dialectical, but I've heard such as
>
> One thousand ten
>
> One thousand, one hundred eleven
>
>
>
but ... | >
> **Could I say:**
>
> - a thousand ten (1010)
>
> - a thousand a hundred eleven(1111)
>
>
> or in these cases I must use one thousand instead of a thousand?
>
>
>
There are a couple of different issues here:
1. Your question is about the difference between saying **a** hundred/thousand or **one** tho... |
638 | When a new member tries to write a comment he sees “add comment (requires 50 reputation)” but of course he has no so many points. On the other hand, answering does not require any reputation. Then the only option is to mask the comment as an answer, but it may look silly. I think this is not the right policy, as new me... | 2013/08/17 | [
"https://meta.mathoverflow.net/questions/638",
"https://meta.mathoverflow.net",
"https://meta.mathoverflow.net/users/38476/"
] | There are several related reasons, but a main one is simply **spam protection** An answer bumps and thus it will get visibility. A comment not. If everybody could post comments right away they couuld spam the site (with actual spam or just nonsense) and it might take much longer until it is noticed.
There is also the ... | Well since you advice posting as an answer and saying that it's only a comment I will do it. As many commenters said, for infrequent user that is a quite bad threshold. The issue is in many topics I have a thing to bring to the discussion, but not a real answer.
So I try to post my comment as an answer saying first th... |
125,209 | Ever since the 50’s both Ash wood and Alder wood have remained the most popular choice for building electric guitars.
What are the major differences between these two woods for an electric guitar? (Tone, weight, cost etc). | 2022/09/30 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/125209",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/27192/"
] | In case there are readers of this answer who don't already know, I want to clarify that ash and alder are the two most common woods that have been used since the 1950s for the bodies of Fender and Fender-style guitars, such as the Telecaster, Stratocaster, and copies of those two types of guitars. Ash and alder are rar... | My understanding is that Leo Fender used Alder as it was easily available in the 1950s. There may indeed be a *small* tonal difference, but I doubt its so extreme that as Justin Norvell is quoted as saying above, it "lets you claim more space in the song"; a simple tweak of your amp settings would do just as much.
Ash ... |
217,860 | I was reading an [article](http://www.home-automation-community.com/arduino-low-power-how-to-run-atmega328p-for-a-year-on-coin-cell-battery/) someone modified an arduino and is running in low power mode.
>
> An Arduino Uno runs less than one day on a 9 V battery because it uses about 45 mA current. Using an Arduino P... | 2016/02/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/217860",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/96609/"
] | The answers thus posted about using mAh = (hours of current draw) \* (current draw) are for ideal batteries and will not be good for a calculation like this.
Do you know of any batteries that you can recover all of the energy that they hold? I don't. And at a certain voltage level the battery becomes unusable for you... | The author has done three things:
1. Remove the power consuming Power Indicator LED
2. Avoid using an inefficient linear regulator
3. Keep the micro in sleep mode as much as possible through software design.
He states that the 9v battery has a capacity of 1200mAh. This means that it can supply 1200mA for one hour or... |
217,860 | I was reading an [article](http://www.home-automation-community.com/arduino-low-power-how-to-run-atmega328p-for-a-year-on-coin-cell-battery/) someone modified an arduino and is running in low power mode.
>
> An Arduino Uno runs less than one day on a 9 V battery because it uses about 45 mA current. Using an Arduino P... | 2016/02/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/217860",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/96609/"
] | The answers thus posted about using mAh = (hours of current draw) \* (current draw) are for ideal batteries and will not be good for a calculation like this.
Do you know of any batteries that you can recover all of the energy that they hold? I don't. And at a certain voltage level the battery becomes unusable for you... | He's giving uA draw rates in his claims, and gives you the mAh rating of the battery as 1200mAh.
For the math:
* 1200mAh = 1200hrs run-time at 1mA draw
* 54uA = 0.054mA || 1200mAh / 0.054mA = 22,222hrs run-time (almost 926 days)
* 23uA = 0.023mA || 1200mAh / 0.023mA = 52,174hrs run-time (almost 2,174 days)
* 4.5uA = ... |
385,795 | I have build this UPS battery supply to power a Raspberry Pi using 18650 batteries,using the TP4056 battery charge controller. The circuit as follows:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MUA1q.png)
This is working fine at the moment, but I'm worried: Is the... | 2018/07/14 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/385795",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/184735/"
] | First obvious question, why do you have **three** TP4056?
They are not designed to be connected in parallel, their outputs will affect feedback and therefore distort proper charging profile.
Second, it does not look like TP4056 is designed to be used with system load connected. You need more advanced BMS to have this ... | Is the charging and discharging of the battery occurring at the same time? Will this effect the batteries and its life?
When a load is connected while charging, the charger is effectively supply the load and the charge rate is reduced.
You have a setup with Ibat = 1000mA from each Rprog=1.2k thus a curent source of 3... |
34,144 | I've noticed that there is a little give in my camera system at the EF mount. It is really hard to see, but I can feel it sometimes and first noticed it when I had the lens attached to a monopod and gripped the camera body. Even though I was supporting all the weight with the monopod I could still feel the body shiftin... | 2013/01/31 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/34144",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/9510/"
] | As long as the faces are flush together and the movement is rotational only I wouldn't worry unduly. The mechanism will have a degree of backlash to account for variations in tolerance for all the different lens manufactures since the introduction of the EOS EF mount.
However, if there is a gap between the lens mount ... | It really depends, but a very very slight movement is acceptable. It's within manufacturing error.
You might read bit more about it here: <http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/thread/1950530> :) |
269,217 | When I export my QGIS generated shapefile with layers to a web map using qgis2web, the output map is showing repeated number of labels for the same layers. In my QGIS desktop, the label appears only once for each layer but once exported into a map, it shows multiple labels for the same layer. How can I solve this issue... | 2018/01/25 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/269217",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/113276/"
] | This is probably because your layers use multipart geometry. I'm afraid it's a limitation of the labelling techniques available in the webmapping libraries to which qgis2web exports that mean there is no solution for this yet.
---
The workaround is a hack. Turn off labelling on your layer. Add another point layer to... | I managed to solve this issue. I created additional shapefiles for each label (polygon) and merged that shapefile with the existing geometry shapefile. Later used the label shapefile field to show the labels. |
112,696 | I bake large quantities of bread like 50kg a day. People are complaining that the butter bread, when I slice it, is like a sponge in texture and gets moldy in three days. How can I get a firmer texture and delay mold growth? The ingredients I use are margarine, flour, milk, nutmeg, yeast, vanilla extract, sugar and sal... | 2020/11/17 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/112696",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/89631/"
] | Mold grows on bread because mold spores in the air, or on hands or other surfaces, get transferred to the bread. Bread has plenty of nutrients for these spores to grow. Mold growth is enhanced by temperatures over 70 degrees F (21C). Humidity and moisture also favor mold growth.
There are a couple of things you can re... | Moist breads will get moldy faster than dryer breads, and moister breads also are more open, i.e. a have spongier texture, so reducing the milk in your recipe may help resolve both of those complaints. I would suggest you reduce the milk by 5% and see how that improves the situation, then keep reducing it by 5% until y... |
3,082 | I think this question should be reopened: [Variation of umbrella logo for "children's" department](https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/54558/variation-of-umbrella-logo-for-childrens-department)
There's no question in my mind that it's an on-topic issue/question, and comes up with respect to corporate-ide... | 2017/02/04 | [
"https://graphicdesign.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3082",
"https://graphicdesign.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.meta.stackexchange.com/users/43201/"
] | I disagree with reopening the question as it currently stands. [DA01's comment](https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/54558/variation-of-umbrella-logo-for-childrens-department#comment79496_54558) covers the reason well:
>
> It's impossible to say generically. It all depends on the particulars of your comp... | I think it's a fine question. At the same time though it's over a year old and got closed by community members not a mod. If it gets views to reopen or you want to edit it to be a little more focused I'd open it up. Until then though I'm not inclined to open it without the support of the community at large. |
269,967 | >
> Above the desk, hanging on the wall, **were six security monitors**
> **displaying** black-and-white versions of the restaurant.
>
>
> Above the desk, hanging on the wall, **six security monitors
> displayed** black-and-white versions of the restaurant.
>
>
>
Is the second version grammatical? If so, is it c... | 2015/08/29 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/269967",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/4070/"
] | Yes, both are grammatical.
In the first sentence, *were* serves as the primary verb. It's connecting the subject ("six security monitors displaying black-and-white versions of the restaurant") to the present participle ("hanging on the wall") to form the past progressive.
In the second sentence, *displayed* serves as... | The second example doesn't sound (read) quite right. You DO kind of need the **"were"** for the **"hanging"**.
However, It would sound perfectly natural to say:
"Above the desk -- on the wall -- six security monitors displayed black-and-white versions of the restaurant."
*Or, better yet:*
"On the wall above the de... |
56,701,950 | I am new with zarr, HDF5 and LMDB. I have converted data from HDF5 to Zarr but i got many files with extension .n (n from 0 to 31). I want to have just one file with .zarr extension. I tried to use LMDB (zarr.LMDBStore function) but i don't understand how to create .mdb file ? Do you have an idea how to do that ?
Than... | 2019/06/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/56701950",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11680707/"
] | According to karate docs you have to use `callonce`
>
> Variables set using def in the Background will be re-set before every Scenario. If you are looking for a way to do something only once
> per Feature, take a look at callonce. On the other hand, if you are
> expecting a variable in the Background to be modified... | Background:
* karate.callSingle('called.feature@scenarioToBeCalledOnceInBackground'); |
39,715 | You can draw a weapon as a free action combined with "regular move." You can tumble past opponent as part of "normal move." I don't really know if regular and normal moves are one thing or two different things. And in any case, what counts as "normal" or "regular" movement?
Is a charge a "regular move" that lets a bar... | 2014/06/08 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/39715",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/8958/"
] | Only a partial answer, but there's a [Rules of the Game](http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20040608a) article that mentions this:
>
> **Normal Movement:** This is not a standardized game term, but the rules (and this article) use it to indicate times when a creature uses a move action to move up to its spee... | **NOTE:** A few updates have been made to address some of the concerns brought before.
Some of these notes will concern the "Rules Compendium" which not all players use so I'll mark those as such while trying to keep it as legible as possible.
---
Characters generally don’t walk during combat—they hustle or run.
A... |
2,547 | In EE all we need to draw some waveforms to ask or answer questions.
Is this could be done with TeX? Or what are the software's you people are using?
Could we have add some tools to draw waveforms in here? | 2013/01/09 | [
"https://electronics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2547",
"https://electronics.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.meta.stackexchange.com/users/8984/"
] | For digital stuff, it's pretty easy to draw waveforms in a general vector drawing package like Inkscape.
The trick is just to set up a reasonable grid and use snap-to-grid to keep your lines lined up.
I would imagine Visio and Dia have similar features. | Some timing diagram answers were listed [in this question](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3564/software-to-create-timing-diagrams). [TimingDesigner](http://www.timingdesigner.com/Docs/TD_datasheet.pdf) and [TimeGen](http://www.xfusionsoftware.com/purchase_timegen.html) were mentioned. Another is Timing... |
4,745,898 | I'm using **Drupal 6.20**, **Views 2** and [**Views attach**](http://drupal.org/project/views_attach) module to append few view displays to a full node view. Is there some way to reorder the attached views? The views should still be grouped together (ie. I do not want to insert any other CCK field between them), but I ... | 2011/01/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4745898",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/383194/"
] | You could use OS-specific calls to get file descriptors, if you want to. For example, the Unix open function would do just what you want.
Alternatively, you could make your code to read and write data part of a polymorphic class hierarchy, which would let you use file descriptors where appropriate and the streams libr... | If it isn't a file descriptor, then there is no point in passing it to select(). If there is a file descriptor somewhere underneath, then you either need an API to expose it, or you have a low-level API to add file descriptors to the select set and make the class responsible for registering any file descriptors it uses... |
4,745,898 | I'm using **Drupal 6.20**, **Views 2** and [**Views attach**](http://drupal.org/project/views_attach) module to append few view displays to a full node view. Is there some way to reorder the attached views? The views should still be grouped together (ie. I do not want to insert any other CCK field between them), but I ... | 2011/01/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4745898",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/383194/"
] | If you're running on Linux, I suggest looking into eventfd - this does exactly what you're looking for.
<http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man2/eventfd.2.html>
Open the fd in EFD\_SEMAPHORE mode and you can use it to keep track of how many queued events you have
(each write() call will increment the c... | If it isn't a file descriptor, then there is no point in passing it to select(). If there is a file descriptor somewhere underneath, then you either need an API to expose it, or you have a low-level API to add file descriptors to the select set and make the class responsible for registering any file descriptors it uses... |
51,475 | I'm involved in a project where user actions are translated to automatic flow.
*Previous state*: the user had to read the info, analyze it and take an action.
*Current state*: the user reads a summary of the info, looks at the suggestion of the computer and only needs to approve\edit the computer's action.
Are there... | 2014/02/02 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/51475",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/13204/"
] | I think you'll find a bunch of relevant papers if you search for [Improving Situational Awareness](https://www.google.co.il/search?q=improving%20situational%20awareness).
For instance:
[Designing for Situation Awareness: An Approach to User-Centered Design](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1420063553)
![ente... | Losing the ability for a human to analyze the situation isn't a drawback, as long as the computer makes better decisions than a human. In any case, you should also build manual override, which allows the human to view the complete information and make decisions like before the automated decision maker was there. |
15,387 | I know it's a bit rude to be calling my deaf, odd-eyed white cat stupid, but that really is the most adequate way to describe her.
But... before I talk about my cat, I gotta talk about this door. You see, this particular door goes from the outside of the house to the inside of the house -- and it's always left open. ... | 2016/10/01 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/15387",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/8119/"
] | The only real way to change your cat's (fixed) idea is to either **disprove** it, or put the cat in a situation where it will **prefer** to use the door without guidance.
Don't starve, force or hurt your cat.
=====================================
Sorry about the bolded text, but this is essential. The solutions I'm l... | Like Flater said she may be indecisive, but she might be doing that only because she knows you'll come to her when you see her there meowing at that certain spot. If not, if she's really waiting for your permission, or can't figure out that she's able to go alone, you can put her some treats in the space between the in... |
4,353 | I've seen a pattern in a couple of titles.
* Asimov has a book called "Through a Glass, Clearly".
* Philip Dick wrote "A Scanner Darkly".
* Star Trek has the episode "In a Mirror, Darkly"
* Agatha Christy wrote the story "In a Glass, Darkly"
Curiously, 3 of the 4 are sci-fi. Any reason for the commonality of phrasing... | 2010/10/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/4353",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | It originates from [1 Corinthians 13:12](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_a_glass,_darkly_%28phrase%29#.22Through_a_glass.2C_darkly.22):
>
> For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
>
>
> | The other answer provided the etymology, as far as the meaning:
>
> To see “through a glass” — a mirror — “darkly” is to have an **obscure or
> imperfect vision of reality**. The expression comes from the writings of the
> Apostle Paul; he explains that we do not now see clearly, but at the end of
> time, we will ... |
4,353 | I've seen a pattern in a couple of titles.
* Asimov has a book called "Through a Glass, Clearly".
* Philip Dick wrote "A Scanner Darkly".
* Star Trek has the episode "In a Mirror, Darkly"
* Agatha Christy wrote the story "In a Glass, Darkly"
Curiously, 3 of the 4 are sci-fi. Any reason for the commonality of phrasing... | 2010/10/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/4353",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1603/"
] | It originates from [1 Corinthians 13:12](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_a_glass,_darkly_%28phrase%29#.22Through_a_glass.2C_darkly.22):
>
> For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
>
>
> | The phrase *through a glass darkly* originated in the 1560 Geneva Bible translation of *The First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians*, Chapter 13, verse 12. But, the phrase's popularity correlates with the overwhelming influence on English through the centuries of the King James Version (KJV, 1611), which utilized the ... |
4,353 | I've seen a pattern in a couple of titles.
* Asimov has a book called "Through a Glass, Clearly".
* Philip Dick wrote "A Scanner Darkly".
* Star Trek has the episode "In a Mirror, Darkly"
* Agatha Christy wrote the story "In a Glass, Darkly"
Curiously, 3 of the 4 are sci-fi. Any reason for the commonality of phrasing... | 2010/10/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/4353",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1603/"
] | The phrase *through a glass darkly* originated in the 1560 Geneva Bible translation of *The First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians*, Chapter 13, verse 12. But, the phrase's popularity correlates with the overwhelming influence on English through the centuries of the King James Version (KJV, 1611), which utilized the ... | The other answer provided the etymology, as far as the meaning:
>
> To see “through a glass” — a mirror — “darkly” is to have an **obscure or
> imperfect vision of reality**. The expression comes from the writings of the
> Apostle Paul; he explains that we do not now see clearly, but at the end of
> time, we will ... |
1,196,328 | I had originally Windows installed on my system.Then I parititioned my C: drive and installed Ubuntu 14.04. I want o upgrade Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04. While backing up files in the Ubuntu, should I also backup files on my Windows drives which are mounted on Ubuntu. | 2019/12/15 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/1196328",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/986664/"
] | Using Ubuntu's release-upgrade feature will not touch unmounted drives. It also won't touch your Windows install on mounted drives. It won't delete your data stored in your /home directory. It often won't touch data stored in other places.
A backup of Windows files is not necessary...when everything works as expected.... | Doing a full backup is a good idea, upgrading to ubunu 16.04 or even 18.04 won't remove your data from NTFS drives, you also can unmount them using umount command. linux recognizes windows files and boot by default and doesn't destroy them.
you can always check for automounted drives in the fstab file
- /etc/fstab
[H... |
9,393,787 | How weigth order affects the computing cost in a backtracking algorithm? The number of nodes and search trees are the same but when it's non-ordered it tooks a more time, so it's doing something.
Thanks! | 2012/02/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9393787",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1225640/"
] | Sometimes in backtracking algorithms, when you know a certain branch is not an answer - you can trim it. This is very common with agents for games, and is called [Alpha Beta Prunning](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-beta_pruning).
Thus - when you reorder the visited nodes, you can increase your prunning rate and th... | The essence of **backtracking** is precisely **not looking at all possibilities** or nodes (in this case), however, **if the nodes are not ordered** it is impossible for the algorithm to "prune" a possible branch because it **is not known with certainty if the element Is actually on that branch**.
**Unlike** when it ... |
167,740 | I have been scouring the internet for a few days and have not been able to find what I am looking for, so I decided to come here and ask you fine people if you have an answer to my line of inquiry.
I have been looking for what a group of books is called and why it is named so, id est, the type of series that it is an... | 2014/05/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/167740",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59858/"
] | **[bibliotheca](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bibliotheca)**
>
> **1.** A collection of books; a library.
>
> **2.** A catalog of books.
>
>
>
---
**[anthology](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anthology)**
>
> a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same... | **Antilegomena**:
>
> Antilegomena An`ti\*le\*gom"e\*na, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? against + ? to
> speak; part. pass. ?] (Eccl.) Certain books of the New Testament
> which were for a time not universally received, but which are now
> considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the
> Epistles of Jam... |
167,740 | I have been scouring the internet for a few days and have not been able to find what I am looking for, so I decided to come here and ask you fine people if you have an answer to my line of inquiry.
I have been looking for what a group of books is called and why it is named so, id est, the type of series that it is an... | 2014/05/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/167740",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59858/"
] | Consider [**library of books**](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/library).
>
> **library**:
>
>
>
1.
>
> **a**: a place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials (as books, manuscripts, recordings, or films, are kept for use but not for sale
>
>
> **b**: a collection of such mater... | **Antilegomena**:
>
> Antilegomena An`ti\*le\*gom"e\*na, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? against + ? to
> speak; part. pass. ?] (Eccl.) Certain books of the New Testament
> which were for a time not universally received, but which are now
> considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the
> Epistles of Jam... |
167,740 | I have been scouring the internet for a few days and have not been able to find what I am looking for, so I decided to come here and ask you fine people if you have an answer to my line of inquiry.
I have been looking for what a group of books is called and why it is named so, id est, the type of series that it is an... | 2014/05/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/167740",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59858/"
] | I -- and maybe others here -- am still not clear on the sense in which you mean "a group" of books.
If you mean a group of books that follow on each other, either telling one long story that was just too big for a single book, or at least related stories centering on the same characters or otherwise related, that's ca... | I too have been searching for a similar term.
What is the collective word for a listing of all the works of one author. A singer might have a "discography" to list their recordings, for instance.
I have found "catalogue", which seems to work, but there is a niggler at the back of my mind that tells me there is a more... |
167,740 | I have been scouring the internet for a few days and have not been able to find what I am looking for, so I decided to come here and ask you fine people if you have an answer to my line of inquiry.
I have been looking for what a group of books is called and why it is named so, id est, the type of series that it is an... | 2014/05/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/167740",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59858/"
] | Consider [**library of books**](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/library).
>
> **library**:
>
>
>
1.
>
> **a**: a place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials (as books, manuscripts, recordings, or films, are kept for use but not for sale
>
>
> **b**: a collection of such mater... | These are the name for a series of books. Most use the typical Greek prefixes, but a few variants have popped up in my research. Some among the academia have yet to acknowledge or agree on the exact names, but here it is.
One book- A book. Or a Monology or a Solo.
Two Books- A duology,or a diology or duet
Three boo... |
167,740 | I have been scouring the internet for a few days and have not been able to find what I am looking for, so I decided to come here and ask you fine people if you have an answer to my line of inquiry.
I have been looking for what a group of books is called and why it is named so, id est, the type of series that it is an... | 2014/05/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/167740",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59858/"
] | Consider [**library of books**](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/library).
>
> **library**:
>
>
>
1.
>
> **a**: a place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials (as books, manuscripts, recordings, or films, are kept for use but not for sale
>
>
> **b**: a collection of such mater... | I too have been searching for a similar term.
What is the collective word for a listing of all the works of one author. A singer might have a "discography" to list their recordings, for instance.
I have found "catalogue", which seems to work, but there is a niggler at the back of my mind that tells me there is a more... |
167,740 | I have been scouring the internet for a few days and have not been able to find what I am looking for, so I decided to come here and ask you fine people if you have an answer to my line of inquiry.
I have been looking for what a group of books is called and why it is named so, id est, the type of series that it is an... | 2014/05/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/167740",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59858/"
] | **[bibliotheca](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bibliotheca)**
>
> **1.** A collection of books; a library.
>
> **2.** A catalog of books.
>
>
>
---
**[anthology](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anthology)**
>
> a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same... | I too have been searching for a similar term.
What is the collective word for a listing of all the works of one author. A singer might have a "discography" to list their recordings, for instance.
I have found "catalogue", which seems to work, but there is a niggler at the back of my mind that tells me there is a more... |
167,740 | I have been scouring the internet for a few days and have not been able to find what I am looking for, so I decided to come here and ask you fine people if you have an answer to my line of inquiry.
I have been looking for what a group of books is called and why it is named so, id est, the type of series that it is an... | 2014/05/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/167740",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59858/"
] | Consider [**library of books**](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/library).
>
> **library**:
>
>
>
1.
>
> **a**: a place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials (as books, manuscripts, recordings, or films, are kept for use but not for sale
>
>
> **b**: a collection of such mater... | One might say "a [**series**](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/series) of books", or just "a series".
>
> **series**:
>
>
> a set of books, articles, etc., that involve the same group of characters or the same subject
>
>
> |
167,740 | I have been scouring the internet for a few days and have not been able to find what I am looking for, so I decided to come here and ask you fine people if you have an answer to my line of inquiry.
I have been looking for what a group of books is called and why it is named so, id est, the type of series that it is an... | 2014/05/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/167740",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59858/"
] | I -- and maybe others here -- am still not clear on the sense in which you mean "a group" of books.
If you mean a group of books that follow on each other, either telling one long story that was just too big for a single book, or at least related stories centering on the same characters or otherwise related, that's ca... | **Antilegomena**:
>
> Antilegomena An`ti\*le\*gom"e\*na, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? against + ? to
> speak; part. pass. ?] (Eccl.) Certain books of the New Testament
> which were for a time not universally received, but which are now
> considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the
> Epistles of Jam... |
167,740 | I have been scouring the internet for a few days and have not been able to find what I am looking for, so I decided to come here and ask you fine people if you have an answer to my line of inquiry.
I have been looking for what a group of books is called and why it is named so, id est, the type of series that it is an... | 2014/05/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/167740",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59858/"
] | I -- and maybe others here -- am still not clear on the sense in which you mean "a group" of books.
If you mean a group of books that follow on each other, either telling one long story that was just too big for a single book, or at least related stories centering on the same characters or otherwise related, that's ca... | One might say "a [**series**](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/series) of books", or just "a series".
>
> **series**:
>
>
> a set of books, articles, etc., that involve the same group of characters or the same subject
>
>
> |
167,740 | I have been scouring the internet for a few days and have not been able to find what I am looking for, so I decided to come here and ask you fine people if you have an answer to my line of inquiry.
I have been looking for what a group of books is called and why it is named so, id est, the type of series that it is an... | 2014/05/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/167740",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59858/"
] | I -- and maybe others here -- am still not clear on the sense in which you mean "a group" of books.
If you mean a group of books that follow on each other, either telling one long story that was just too big for a single book, or at least related stories centering on the same characters or otherwise related, that's ca... | These are the name for a series of books. Most use the typical Greek prefixes, but a few variants have popped up in my research. Some among the academia have yet to acknowledge or agree on the exact names, but here it is.
One book- A book. Or a Monology or a Solo.
Two Books- A duology,or a diology or duet
Three boo... |
55,001 | I have imported about 15k products into magento from a system that has no variations or configurable products. These are all simple products that will eventually be used in a configurable product that has yet to be created.
What I am looking to do is to find a way to somehow programatically create 1 configurable produ... | 2015/02/09 | [
"https://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/55001",
"https://magento.stackexchange.com",
"https://magento.stackexchange.com/users/21210/"
] | So, you are looking for an outline on how you would go about this project. Unfortunately, the import is key in this scenario, so I hope you can rerun the import and make minor adjustments to the data if need be.
First off, the attributes that are used as configurable need to be marked as such. In the backend this is d... | Here is my advice:
1. You should create that configurable Product first, with at least one associated simple product.
2. Export these two products in a CSV file.
3. read the exported CSV file to know how the file format should look like(the order, the attribute value, what can left blank.. etc.) , and update your 15k ... |
1,576,546 | **Original problem**: I have a PDF document with me which I wish to comment on. However, I have yet to find a PDF editor that has the versatility of text boxes, comments and equation editors etc. as Microsoft Word itself.
As such, I thought of the idea of using the PDF document as a background to a word document, of w... | 2020/08/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1576546",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1207700/"
] | Here's a possible workaround
* Export all the pages in the PDF file to PNG with some tools like [PDFCreator](https://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator) or [PDF-XChange](https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer). Some more suggestions can be found in [How to convert a multi-page PDF file to PNG files, with... | Manually converting a 100-page PDF file into a picture is a very time-consuming process.
As far as I know, there is no particularly suitable OOTB method to complete this step.
I actually recommend that you use some third-party tools to convert PDF files into pictures in bulk or directly into word files. |
1,576,546 | **Original problem**: I have a PDF document with me which I wish to comment on. However, I have yet to find a PDF editor that has the versatility of text boxes, comments and equation editors etc. as Microsoft Word itself.
As such, I thought of the idea of using the PDF document as a background to a word document, of w... | 2020/08/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1576546",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1207700/"
] | I just convinced Word to use a full-page PDF as a background:
1.) File -> Open, choose the PDF file
2.) Word says it will convert it into a Word file, accept this
3.) In my case, the PDF was A4 size, 1 page - and I got a docx file in A4 size with the PDF as a full-page image.
4.) Select the image, cut-and-pas... | Manually converting a 100-page PDF file into a picture is a very time-consuming process.
As far as I know, there is no particularly suitable OOTB method to complete this step.
I actually recommend that you use some third-party tools to convert PDF files into pictures in bulk or directly into word files. |
1,576,546 | **Original problem**: I have a PDF document with me which I wish to comment on. However, I have yet to find a PDF editor that has the versatility of text boxes, comments and equation editors etc. as Microsoft Word itself.
As such, I thought of the idea of using the PDF document as a background to a word document, of w... | 2020/08/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1576546",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1207700/"
] | Here's a possible workaround
* Export all the pages in the PDF file to PNG with some tools like [PDFCreator](https://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator) or [PDF-XChange](https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer). Some more suggestions can be found in [How to convert a multi-page PDF file to PNG files, with... | The best solution is to use Adobe Acrobat DC which can export the PDF to images and even as a Word Document itself. Of course it's not free but you could grab a trial version.
See also: [How to convert PDF files to Word Documents](https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/acrobat/how-to/export-pdf-to-word-excel-ppt.html?set=acrobat-... |
1,576,546 | **Original problem**: I have a PDF document with me which I wish to comment on. However, I have yet to find a PDF editor that has the versatility of text boxes, comments and equation editors etc. as Microsoft Word itself.
As such, I thought of the idea of using the PDF document as a background to a word document, of w... | 2020/08/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1576546",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1207700/"
] | I just convinced Word to use a full-page PDF as a background:
1.) File -> Open, choose the PDF file
2.) Word says it will convert it into a Word file, accept this
3.) In my case, the PDF was A4 size, 1 page - and I got a docx file in A4 size with the PDF as a full-page image.
4.) Select the image, cut-and-pas... | The best solution is to use Adobe Acrobat DC which can export the PDF to images and even as a Word Document itself. Of course it's not free but you could grab a trial version.
See also: [How to convert PDF files to Word Documents](https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/acrobat/how-to/export-pdf-to-word-excel-ppt.html?set=acrobat-... |
1,576,546 | **Original problem**: I have a PDF document with me which I wish to comment on. However, I have yet to find a PDF editor that has the versatility of text boxes, comments and equation editors etc. as Microsoft Word itself.
As such, I thought of the idea of using the PDF document as a background to a word document, of w... | 2020/08/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1576546",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1207700/"
] | Here's a possible workaround
* Export all the pages in the PDF file to PNG with some tools like [PDFCreator](https://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator) or [PDF-XChange](https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer). Some more suggestions can be found in [How to convert a multi-page PDF file to PNG files, with... | I just convinced Word to use a full-page PDF as a background:
1.) File -> Open, choose the PDF file
2.) Word says it will convert it into a Word file, accept this
3.) In my case, the PDF was A4 size, 1 page - and I got a docx file in A4 size with the PDF as a full-page image.
4.) Select the image, cut-and-pas... |
67,176 | You may find me fast:
My answer is transparent
to those restive few who went off
Their egregious oversight
Left to scan and screen
Hear my refrain
bound to draw the story out
Hint #1
>
> Please stop trying to edit the title. It's one of the clues.
>
>
>
Hint #2
>
> As @Mea Culpa Nay pointed ou... | 2018/06/13 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/67176",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/25580/"
] | Are you:
>
> An X-Ray?
>
>
>
You may find me fast:
>
> An x-ray examination is over in a flash
>
>
>
My answer is transparent
>
> X-Rays see through things... but also old-fashioned hospital x-rays were put onto a transparency to view on an OHP.
>
>
>
Left to scan and screen
>
> An x-ray could a... | My guess is:
>
> A Riddle!
>
>
>
You may find me fast:
My answer is transparent
>
> You can find the answer to a riddle pretty fast if you just happen to think in the right direction. The answer is also "transparent," i.e obvious (once you get to know the answer, at least :P )
>
>
>
to those restive few ... |
67,176 | You may find me fast:
My answer is transparent
to those restive few who went off
Their egregious oversight
Left to scan and screen
Hear my refrain
bound to draw the story out
Hint #1
>
> Please stop trying to edit the title. It's one of the clues.
>
>
>
Hint #2
>
> As @Mea Culpa Nay pointed ou... | 2018/06/13 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/67176",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/25580/"
] | A bit of a long shot but I guess the answer is:
>
> Words
>
>
>
You find me fast:
>
> When you read a word it quickly disappears from your sight as you read another word, just as someone who says a word, you will only hear it briefly then it disappears.
>
>
>
My answer is transparent
>
> The answer is r... | Perhaps it is:
>
> The cover to a book or novel
>
>
>
You may find me fast
>
> Book covers can help attract readers and are often the first part of a book spotted by customers/patrons.
>
>
>
My answer is transparent / to those restive few who went off / Their egregious oversight / Left to scan and screen
... |
67,176 | You may find me fast:
My answer is transparent
to those restive few who went off
Their egregious oversight
Left to scan and screen
Hear my refrain
bound to draw the story out
Hint #1
>
> Please stop trying to edit the title. It's one of the clues.
>
>
>
Hint #2
>
> As @Mea Culpa Nay pointed ou... | 2018/06/13 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/67176",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/25580/"
] | Are you:
>
> An X-Ray?
>
>
>
You may find me fast:
>
> An x-ray examination is over in a flash
>
>
>
My answer is transparent
>
> X-Rays see through things... but also old-fashioned hospital x-rays were put onto a transparency to view on an OHP.
>
>
>
Left to scan and screen
>
> An x-ray could a... | First thing that came to mind was
>
> fata morgana
>
>
>
You may find me fast:
>
> in the desert (or just very hot days) you see them a lot
>
>
>
My answer is transparent
>
> Fata morgana's are not real or transparent
>
>
>
to those restive few who went off
Their egregious oversight
>
> When pe... |
67,176 | You may find me fast:
My answer is transparent
to those restive few who went off
Their egregious oversight
Left to scan and screen
Hear my refrain
bound to draw the story out
Hint #1
>
> Please stop trying to edit the title. It's one of the clues.
>
>
>
Hint #2
>
> As @Mea Culpa Nay pointed ou... | 2018/06/13 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/67176",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/25580/"
] | A bit of a long shot but I guess the answer is:
>
> Words
>
>
>
You find me fast:
>
> When you read a word it quickly disappears from your sight as you read another word, just as someone who says a word, you will only hear it briefly then it disappears.
>
>
>
My answer is transparent
>
> The answer is r... | Here is my answer based on Durrolf's answer,
>
> The truth
>
>
>
You may find me fast:
>
> You may find truth and the real story quickly.
>
>
>
My answer is transparent
>
> Truth is an open book.
>
>
>
to those restive few who went off
Their egregious oversight
Left to scan and screen
>
> You try an... |
67,176 | You may find me fast:
My answer is transparent
to those restive few who went off
Their egregious oversight
Left to scan and screen
Hear my refrain
bound to draw the story out
Hint #1
>
> Please stop trying to edit the title. It's one of the clues.
>
>
>
Hint #2
>
> As @Mea Culpa Nay pointed ou... | 2018/06/13 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/67176",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/25580/"
] | Let me put out this fine puzzle comprises of
>
> auto-antonyms (contronyms) - words with opposite meanings.
>
>
>
You may find me fast
>
> fast: fixed in place, moving quickly.
>
>
>
My answer is transparent
>
> transparent: invisible, obvious.
>
>
>
to those restive few who went off
>
> ... | My guess is:
>
> Lightning and Thunder
>
>
>
You may find me fast:
>
> I do find lightning fast. Lighting is just about the fastest thing around!
>
>
>
My answer is transparent
>
> Thunder is a sound, therefore not visible.
>
>
>
to those restive few who went off
Their egregious oversight
Left to s... |
67,176 | You may find me fast:
My answer is transparent
to those restive few who went off
Their egregious oversight
Left to scan and screen
Hear my refrain
bound to draw the story out
Hint #1
>
> Please stop trying to edit the title. It's one of the clues.
>
>
>
Hint #2
>
> As @Mea Culpa Nay pointed ou... | 2018/06/13 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/67176",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/25580/"
] | A wild guess, but I think the answer is:
>
> A Mirror
>
>
>
I think this is the right answer because...
>
> @Dorrulf suggested "transparent," to which the original poster replied stating that he was very close. It also makes a lot of sense in terms of the clues...
>
>
>
You may find me fast:
>
> Mirror... | Answer:
>
> [logical-deduction](/questions/tagged/logical-deduction "show questions tagged 'logical-deduction'")
>
>
>
You may find me fast:
>
> Logic **can** be fast to be deducted
>
>
>
My answer is transparent
>
> Truth and False has no colour, do they?
>
>
>
to those restive few who went off
>... |
67,176 | You may find me fast:
My answer is transparent
to those restive few who went off
Their egregious oversight
Left to scan and screen
Hear my refrain
bound to draw the story out
Hint #1
>
> Please stop trying to edit the title. It's one of the clues.
>
>
>
Hint #2
>
> As @Mea Culpa Nay pointed ou... | 2018/06/13 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/67176",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/25580/"
] | First thing that came to mind was
>
> fata morgana
>
>
>
You may find me fast:
>
> in the desert (or just very hot days) you see them a lot
>
>
>
My answer is transparent
>
> Fata morgana's are not real or transparent
>
>
>
to those restive few who went off
Their egregious oversight
>
> When pe... | Perhaps it is:
>
> The cover to a book or novel
>
>
>
You may find me fast
>
> Book covers can help attract readers and are often the first part of a book spotted by customers/patrons.
>
>
>
My answer is transparent / to those restive few who went off / Their egregious oversight / Left to scan and screen
... |
67,176 | You may find me fast:
My answer is transparent
to those restive few who went off
Their egregious oversight
Left to scan and screen
Hear my refrain
bound to draw the story out
Hint #1
>
> Please stop trying to edit the title. It's one of the clues.
>
>
>
Hint #2
>
> As @Mea Culpa Nay pointed ou... | 2018/06/13 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/67176",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/25580/"
] | Attempt #2:
Word:
>
> Lie
>
>
>
You may find me fast:
>
> Example, the liar quickly finds a false answer to give in response to an inquiry.
>
>
>
My answer is transparent:
>
> Bad lie, obvious lie, white lie (immediately known as a lie upon reception). Or more literally, a lie has no substance.
> ... | A wild guess, but I think the answer is:
>
> A Mirror
>
>
>
I think this is the right answer because...
>
> @Dorrulf suggested "transparent," to which the original poster replied stating that he was very close. It also makes a lot of sense in terms of the clues...
>
>
>
You may find me fast:
>
> Mirror... |
67,176 | You may find me fast:
My answer is transparent
to those restive few who went off
Their egregious oversight
Left to scan and screen
Hear my refrain
bound to draw the story out
Hint #1
>
> Please stop trying to edit the title. It's one of the clues.
>
>
>
Hint #2
>
> As @Mea Culpa Nay pointed ou... | 2018/06/13 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/67176",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/25580/"
] | Here is my answer based on Durrolf's answer,
>
> The truth
>
>
>
You may find me fast:
>
> You may find truth and the real story quickly.
>
>
>
My answer is transparent
>
> Truth is an open book.
>
>
>
to those restive few who went off
Their egregious oversight
Left to scan and screen
>
> You try an... | Answer:
>
> [logical-deduction](/questions/tagged/logical-deduction "show questions tagged 'logical-deduction'")
>
>
>
You may find me fast:
>
> Logic **can** be fast to be deducted
>
>
>
My answer is transparent
>
> Truth and False has no colour, do they?
>
>
>
to those restive few who went off
>... |
67,176 | You may find me fast:
My answer is transparent
to those restive few who went off
Their egregious oversight
Left to scan and screen
Hear my refrain
bound to draw the story out
Hint #1
>
> Please stop trying to edit the title. It's one of the clues.
>
>
>
Hint #2
>
> As @Mea Culpa Nay pointed ou... | 2018/06/13 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/67176",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/25580/"
] | A bit of a long shot but I guess the answer is:
>
> Words
>
>
>
You find me fast:
>
> When you read a word it quickly disappears from your sight as you read another word, just as someone who says a word, you will only hear it briefly then it disappears.
>
>
>
My answer is transparent
>
> The answer is r... | First thing that came to mind was
>
> fata morgana
>
>
>
You may find me fast:
>
> in the desert (or just very hot days) you see them a lot
>
>
>
My answer is transparent
>
> Fata morgana's are not real or transparent
>
>
>
to those restive few who went off
Their egregious oversight
>
> When pe... |
35,429,423 | I am making a website where the page background is a video.
I'm just wondering is it better I host this video on the same server as the website, or does it make sense to host it on YouTube as I'm assuming they offer better regional performance for video streaming.
Thanks for your input! | 2016/02/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35429423",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5836391/"
] | Well, from experience of hosting a background video on the same server, if you implement it the generic way, the client has to download the entire video file before the page is displayed. Now, the problem with this is, unless the user has a fast internet connection, the page is going to have very long loading times. Th... | You should totally host it in YouTube. The bandwidth savings are reason enough IMHO. |
35,429,423 | I am making a website where the page background is a video.
I'm just wondering is it better I host this video on the same server as the website, or does it make sense to host it on YouTube as I'm assuming they offer better regional performance for video streaming.
Thanks for your input! | 2016/02/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35429423",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5836391/"
] | Well, from experience of hosting a background video on the same server, if you implement it the generic way, the client has to download the entire video file before the page is displayed. Now, the problem with this is, unless the user has a fast internet connection, the page is going to have very long loading times. Th... | For bandwidth savings is a good practice host your video on youtube.
And youtube came with these functionality:
* Rapid loading video
* Multiple format support
* Different choice of resolution
* Good video
* Traffic income from youtube |
35,429,423 | I am making a website where the page background is a video.
I'm just wondering is it better I host this video on the same server as the website, or does it make sense to host it on YouTube as I'm assuming they offer better regional performance for video streaming.
Thanks for your input! | 2016/02/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35429423",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5836391/"
] | For bandwidth savings is a good practice host your video on youtube.
And youtube came with these functionality:
* Rapid loading video
* Multiple format support
* Different choice of resolution
* Good video
* Traffic income from youtube | You should totally host it in YouTube. The bandwidth savings are reason enough IMHO. |
250,906 | Symptoms are what is described in the title. The machine reacts to the power button being hit by spinning up the two fans: CPU and PSU. The hard drive (SATA) spins up as well. No other reaction.
This one symptom is particularly weird, though: the optical drive will not open with the IDE cable attached, but if I unplug... | 2011/02/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/250906",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/69357/"
] | I know this isn't exactly what you are asking for, but you might have better luck with a Drive Imaging software like Acronis True Image Home, DriveImage XML or Macrium Reflect Backup. That will allow you to guarantee a *full* copy of your hard drive and make it easier to restore your machine in case of a failure.
If y... | I have used [cwRsync](http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/10650) for years with great success. It is a self-contained windows version of rSync. The same site also has another package for a rSync server if you need that, too. |
250,906 | Symptoms are what is described in the title. The machine reacts to the power button being hit by spinning up the two fans: CPU and PSU. The hard drive (SATA) spins up as well. No other reaction.
This one symptom is particularly weird, though: the optical drive will not open with the IDE cable attached, but if I unplug... | 2011/02/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/250906",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/69357/"
] | I know this isn't exactly what you are asking for, but you might have better luck with a Drive Imaging software like Acronis True Image Home, DriveImage XML or Macrium Reflect Backup. That will allow you to guarantee a *full* copy of your hard drive and make it easier to restore your machine in case of a failure.
If y... | I have had great luck with CopyTo Synchronizer, now freeware:
<http://www.kish-d.com/>
It is highly customizable with name, date, and size filters, supports one way or two way synchronization, gives a summary of files to be synced before it runs, and is very low-overhead. |
250,906 | Symptoms are what is described in the title. The machine reacts to the power button being hit by spinning up the two fans: CPU and PSU. The hard drive (SATA) spins up as well. No other reaction.
This one symptom is particularly weird, though: the optical drive will not open with the IDE cable attached, but if I unplug... | 2011/02/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/250906",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/69357/"
] | I know this isn't exactly what you are asking for, but you might have better luck with a Drive Imaging software like Acronis True Image Home, DriveImage XML or Macrium Reflect Backup. That will allow you to guarantee a *full* copy of your hard drive and make it easier to restore your machine in case of a failure.
If y... | If you have a Seagate or Maxtor hard drive, you can get a free copy of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) version of Acronis True Image. Seagate provides this tool for migrating your files from an older Seagate or Maxtor hard disk to a new one. You can also use the tool as backup utilities simply by downloading ... |
250,906 | Symptoms are what is described in the title. The machine reacts to the power button being hit by spinning up the two fans: CPU and PSU. The hard drive (SATA) spins up as well. No other reaction.
This one symptom is particularly weird, though: the optical drive will not open with the IDE cable attached, but if I unplug... | 2011/02/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/250906",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/69357/"
] | If you have a Seagate or Maxtor hard drive, you can get a free copy of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) version of Acronis True Image. Seagate provides this tool for migrating your files from an older Seagate or Maxtor hard disk to a new one. You can also use the tool as backup utilities simply by downloading ... | I have used [cwRsync](http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/10650) for years with great success. It is a self-contained windows version of rSync. The same site also has another package for a rSync server if you need that, too. |
250,906 | Symptoms are what is described in the title. The machine reacts to the power button being hit by spinning up the two fans: CPU and PSU. The hard drive (SATA) spins up as well. No other reaction.
This one symptom is particularly weird, though: the optical drive will not open with the IDE cable attached, but if I unplug... | 2011/02/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/250906",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/69357/"
] | If you have a Seagate or Maxtor hard drive, you can get a free copy of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) version of Acronis True Image. Seagate provides this tool for migrating your files from an older Seagate or Maxtor hard disk to a new one. You can also use the tool as backup utilities simply by downloading ... | I have had great luck with CopyTo Synchronizer, now freeware:
<http://www.kish-d.com/>
It is highly customizable with name, date, and size filters, supports one way or two way synchronization, gives a summary of files to be synced before it runs, and is very low-overhead. |
90,230 | For an Instruction fetch cycle we have the flowing registers in a CPU.
1. Memory Address Register (MAR)
2. Memory Buffer Register (MBR)
3. Program Counter (PC)
4. Instruction Register (IR):
5. Accumulator Register:
6. Stack Control Register:
7. Flag Register:
Out of these I have come to know that PC and IR registers ... | 2018/04/04 | [
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/90230",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/users/61150/"
] | They are part of the memory interface between the CPU and the memory subsystem.
The MAR (Memory Address Register) is closely associated with the memory [***address bus***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_bus), and the MBR (Memory Buffer Register) is closely associated with the memory ***data bus***.
Some CPUs c... | To complement [Erik Eidt's answer](https://cs.stackexchange.com/a/90239/19966), the *Flag Register* conceptionally gets input from the ALU and is heavily used by the CU.
("The Memory Interface Registers" typically do *not* feature in the programming model.) |
193,647 | In *The Colour of Magic*, we learn that:
>
> "Can't tell you. Don't really want to talk about it. But frankly," he
> sighed , "no spells are much good. It takes three months to commit
> even a simple one to memory, and then once you’ve used it, pow it's
> gone. that's what's so stupid about the whole magic thing, ... | 2018/08/27 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/193647",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/84241/"
] | The best explanation is that the first two Discworld aren't really "Discworld" books as much as they are "Rincewind" books. They're much more aimed at being parody of a large number of fantasy genres than they are designed to be a unique work that starts a brand new franchise.
There's tons of inconsistencies between ... | >
> [Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic)
>
>
>
If you try to make sense of it, it stops being magic.
If that is not a satisfactory explanation for you, remember that on the disc, nothing is constant for too l... |
193,647 | In *The Colour of Magic*, we learn that:
>
> "Can't tell you. Don't really want to talk about it. But frankly," he
> sighed , "no spells are much good. It takes three months to commit
> even a simple one to memory, and then once you’ve used it, pow it's
> gone. that's what's so stupid about the whole magic thing, ... | 2018/08/27 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/193647",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/84241/"
] | The best explanation is that the first two Discworld aren't really "Discworld" books as much as they are "Rincewind" books. They're much more aimed at being parody of a large number of fantasy genres than they are designed to be a unique work that starts a brand new franchise.
There's tons of inconsistencies between ... | Pratchett himself always claimed that all consistencies in his work were accidental so there almost certainly is an inconsistency. That's the first point.
Secondly Rincewind is a special case, he has a very nasty spell in his head that chases other spells away so what he says is probably his exact experience of trying... |
193,647 | In *The Colour of Magic*, we learn that:
>
> "Can't tell you. Don't really want to talk about it. But frankly," he
> sighed , "no spells are much good. It takes three months to commit
> even a simple one to memory, and then once you’ve used it, pow it's
> gone. that's what's so stupid about the whole magic thing, ... | 2018/08/27 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/193647",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/84241/"
] | >
> [Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic)
>
>
>
If you try to make sense of it, it stops being magic.
If that is not a satisfactory explanation for you, remember that on the disc, nothing is constant for too l... | You do need to remember that this is *Rincewind* saying this. He's an extremely bad wizard. For him, it's almost certainly true.
Certainly Rincewind did have a spell living in his head which stopped him from learning other spells. But even after it's released (at the end of *The Light Fantastic*), Rincewind remains un... |
193,647 | In *The Colour of Magic*, we learn that:
>
> "Can't tell you. Don't really want to talk about it. But frankly," he
> sighed , "no spells are much good. It takes three months to commit
> even a simple one to memory, and then once you’ve used it, pow it's
> gone. that's what's so stupid about the whole magic thing, ... | 2018/08/27 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/193647",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/84241/"
] | Pratchett himself always claimed that all consistencies in his work were accidental so there almost certainly is an inconsistency. That's the first point.
Secondly Rincewind is a special case, he has a very nasty spell in his head that chases other spells away so what he says is probably his exact experience of trying... | My interpretation is that in "The Colour of Magic" you don't have to create the spell to use it. You have to "capture" it (or channel it, if you prefer) and that spells have an existence beyond the manifestation of their effect.
It would seem that pronouncing a spell lets it free in the world allowing it to influence ... |
193,647 | In *The Colour of Magic*, we learn that:
>
> "Can't tell you. Don't really want to talk about it. But frankly," he
> sighed , "no spells are much good. It takes three months to commit
> even a simple one to memory, and then once you’ve used it, pow it's
> gone. that's what's so stupid about the whole magic thing, ... | 2018/08/27 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/193647",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/84241/"
] | Pratchett himself always claimed that all consistencies in his work were accidental so there almost certainly is an inconsistency. That's the first point.
Secondly Rincewind is a special case, he has a very nasty spell in his head that chases other spells away so what he says is probably his exact experience of trying... | You do need to remember that this is *Rincewind* saying this. He's an extremely bad wizard. For him, it's almost certainly true.
Certainly Rincewind did have a spell living in his head which stopped him from learning other spells. But even after it's released (at the end of *The Light Fantastic*), Rincewind remains un... |
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